How To Install bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr in Fedora 36. bitlbee-otr is OTR plugin for bitlbee

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36.

What is `bitlbee-otr`

The bitlbee-otr package includes OTR plugin for bitlbee. Off-the-Record messaging, commonly referred to as OTR, provides perfect forward secrecy and malleable encryption.

We can use yum or dnf to install bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitlbee-otr.

Install bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bitlbee-otr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bitlbee-otr

Install bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bitlbee-otr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bitlbee-otr

How To Uninstall bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bitlbee-otr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bitlbee-otr

bitlbee-otr Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/1aafbf9ccaa578a093494653701ffed5f09d4f
/usr/lib64/bitlbee/otr.so

References

bitlbee-otr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitlbee-otr on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).